June 25, 2011

"... either in this summer's recall elections or in the 2012 election cycle in a case brought by Democrats, including the Assembly minority leader and the Dane County district attorney, against the majority party."

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser allegedly grabbed fellow Justice Ann Walsh Bradley around the neck in an argument in her chambers last week, according to at least three knowledgeable sources.

Details of the incident, investigated jointly by Wisconsin Public Radio and the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, remain sketchy. The sources spoke on the condition that they not be named, citing a need to preserve professional relationships.

What's up with Wisconsin right wingers and violence? Last week it was the Tea Party grabbing someone by the neck and punching them in the face. Now this. I'm sure Althouse has a perfectly good explanation for Prosser grabbing Bradley by the neck with both hands though.

I think Kloppenhoppen gave some sort of speech. She ran out of taxpayer funds ... so she couldn't go ahead with a lawsuit to "count again" ... all the ballots that she said were in bags that had holes in them.

And, then she complimented herself for keeping Wisconsin honest.

She is still a virgin, though. She didn't concede. But she's pressing an aspirin between her knees, anyway.

So the commie peaceniks who sing about nonviolence and love all rushed over and under the tea partiers flags? Is that how you think it went down? Next you'll say a tooth started it by getting in the way of a knuckle.

That won't happen because Scott Walker would get to name her replacement. Judges are elected, but the governor fills vacancies until the term is up. Dozens of judges across the state retire before their term is up so the governor can appoint their replacement. This happened late last year and Doyle got to name a bunch judges everywhere.

Hahaha, GM is still peddling his pathetic "but, but, the Union goons are really the victims!" piffle? This story never stops entertaining. Now that all the Teachers, etc. have abandoned their "protest" for the Country Club, who will the useful idiots follow? Some of the dumbest, most pliable people in the country are ripe for the picking. Maybe the Nation of Islam should show up, or La Raza. Shame to waste all that stupid.

""I probably overreacted, but I think it was entirely warranted. . . . They (Abrahamson and Justice Ann Walsh Bradley) are masters at deliberately goading people into perhaps incautious statements. This is bullying and abuse of very, very long standing."

The Feb. 10, 2010, incident occurred as the court privately discussed a request to remove Justice Michael Gableman from a criminal case.

"In a fit of temper, you were screaming at the chief; calling her a 'bitch,' threatening her with '. . . I will destroy you'; and describing the means of destruction as a war against her 'and it won't be a ground war,' " Bradley wrote in a Feb. 18, 2010, e-mail to Prosser and others.

"In my view, a necessary step to address the dysfunction is to end these abusive temper tantrums. No one brought in from the outside is going to cure this aspect of the dysfunction."

Three days later, Justice Patience Roggensack wrote to Bradley, criticizing her for copying judicial assistants on her e-mail.

"You were trying to make David look bad in the eyes of others, as a person who uses language that we all find offensive - and I include David in that 'we,' " Roggensack wrote. "Do you think that copying others on your e-mail increased the collegiality of the court or decreased it?

"You are a very active participant in the dysfunctional way we carry-on. (As am I.) You often goad other justices by pushing and pushing in conference in a way that is simply rude and completely nonproductive. That is what happened when David lost his cool. He is not a man who attacks others without provocation. Until you realize that you are an active part of the provocation, not much will change. Perhaps a third party will help you realize that you are not part of the solution; you are part of the problem.""

It'll be interesting to see how the Prosser investigation comes out. The article makes him sound like quite a piece of work (in fact, it makes the entire WI SC sound not just unprofessional but sophomoric, all of them unfit for the bench).

The accusation itself--that a longtime poll and judge would try to strangle another judge in public--doesn't pass the smell test. But then again, looking at who the witnesses are, a set up doesn't pass the smell test either.

The accusation itself--that a longtime poll and judge would try to strangle another judge in public--doesn't pass the smell test. But then again, looking at who the witnesses are, a set up doesn't pass the smell test either.

One is that Prosser and Bradley were "roughhousing" and Prosser put one arm around Bradley's neck in order to give her a noogie.

The other is that the two justices were arguing and even shouting at each other when Prosser suddenly asked "Are you as turned on by this as I am?" and Bradley retorted "More!" and they embraced passionately, during which time Prosser's hands were all over Bradley, including caressing her neck while they kissed.

Either way, I'd like to see both of them as well as Abrahamson get thrown off of the court, and replaced by three other justices nominated by Scott Walker.

Hopefully such a housecleaning will satisfy ThinkProgress, but if not, I'm willing to have every single justice replaced by a Walker appointee if that's what ThinkProgress wants!

Every day I wake up and go online to do some reading of the news, and every day the news informs me that it's really embarrassing to be a liberal. Garage, you don't know me, but I completely understand your flailing, attempts to distract, confuse, and blow smoke. Wouldn't it be easier to follow the truth and just leave that fevered, discredited, dishonest and pathetic swamp, and embrace, libertarianism, conservatism, or frankly anything else. You wouldn't believe how good it feels every single day. I say this because I want you to be happy and right for a change. I feel your pain and I want to help you.